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New Orleans Pelicans: 5 reasons team’s hype is the real-deal

Entering the 2019-2020 NBA season, there’s a lot of excitement about what the New Orleans Pelicans could do with their remarkably talented, but mostly unproven roster.

One year after the team’s superstar demanded a trade, missed the playoffs, and finished 13th in the West, there’s a lot of optimism about what this team could do not only this year but for the next five-to-fifteen years.

In part, fans are already buying into the hype.

There’s been a record amount of season tickets purchased since the team drafted Zion Williamson with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.